Where does “saliência” come from?

saliência (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese saliente, from Latin saliens, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saliência (Portuguese): protuberance

Definitions

  1. protuberance

Ancestry of “saliência”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesalienteprotruding
2Latinsalienssalting
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →